Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord Preview

Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord starts off with you having to create your own character, which is done by essentially creating their backstory as well as the way your character looks.

- Blake Hawthorn

Publisher: TaleWorlds Entertainment

Developer: TaleWorlds Entertainment

Genre: Strategy

Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One

Release Dates

Out Now (Early Access)

The character creator itself isn’t very innovative but this is an Early Access game so there will likely be improvements to this at a later date. The main positive of the character creator is choosing where you came from and what has led to this moment in your life. You do this by choosing from a list of options that determine your in-game character stats. For example: when asked if I would run from a fight, lead men to do the fight for me or be a one-man army, I chose to lead the men into the fight, which impacted my character’s leadership traits.

After creating your character, you have a choice: you can either go through a training camp that teaches you all of the basic combat, or go straight to the main game’s tutorial. The training camp teaches you things like swordplay, archery and mounting horses. This was actually quite entertaining for an hour or two as there were so many different weapons to use and learn different techniques with.